Migrants and migration policies for innovation in Europe, Migration Policy Practice, Vol. VI, Number 2, April–May. (original) (raw)

One-day Symposium -The Zero-Sum Game of Migration in Europe: 20 years after Tampere

Call for Paper, 2019

Since Tampere, EU cooperation has developed towards a more vigorous integration policy based on the principle of equality with the aim to grant TCNs rights and obligations comparable to those of EU citizens and enhance non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural lives by developing measures against racism and xenophobia. Yet, freedom of movement in the EU and the recent high in-flows of refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants have seen rising anti-immigration laws, politics and attitudes. While the turn towards ‘Fortress Europe’ has been countered by movements and actions of solidarity by citizens, civil society organizations, businesses and cities throughout Europe, calls for positive narratives of immigration, refugees and integration have also increased at the level of governance. Twenty years since Tampere, how far have we come? These developments call for reflections on where we are with regard to integration and equality laws, policies and practices adopted by EU Member States (MSs) and their impact on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants and refugees in Europe. Furthermore, as the governance of immigration shifts towards a ‘shared-responsibility’ paradigm, particularly in relation to the integration of refugees and asylum seekers, political, economic and societal actors have become increasingly involved in the processes through which migrants become part of the society in which they live and work. This redeployment or diffusion of state power and will through multi-level governance processes calls for an examination of the role, responsibility and actions of local authorities (e.g. municipalities, cities) and non- state actors (e.g. private sector and third sector organisations) in shaping, implementing and enabling integration processes and equal treatment of migrants into various domains of host societies. Symposium Target This symposium aims to reflect on the roles, responsibilities and practices of the EU Member States, local authorities (e.g. municipalities, cities) and non-state actors e.g. the private sector, civil society organisations, and other cultural and religious associations) and their impact on equality and integration of different groups of migrants. Discussions will focus on the core themes of integration and equality in relation to three groups of migrants: refugees and asylum seekers, economic migrants, and undocumented migrant and victims of trafficking across State, city, labour market and social levels. We invite perspectives from scholars in the disciplines of law, sociology, politics, geography, anthropology, organisation, work and employment to reflect on these issues 20 years since Tampere. We also welcome practitioners and representatives of business, civil society organisations and third sector associations to join and contribute to the discussions.

Integrating Immigrants in Europe: Research-Policy Dialogues

research on migration and diversity in the world. It comprises publications that present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration. The authors are all specialists, and the publications are rich source of information for researchers and others involved in international migration studies.

Integration of Migrants into the Labour Market in Europe

Advanced Series in Management, 2020

In 2015, Europe faced an unprecedented inflow of refugees and migrants. Political instability at the continent's peripheries contributed to an accumulative exodus. This resulted in large immigration waves fleeing mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq as well as from other North African countries. Europe was confronted with an increasing number of asylum applications and had to accommodate over a million people (Clayton, 2015). The crisis in Europe has been framed both as a migration crisis and as a crisis within the European Union (EU). The Dublin Regulation, of 2013, requires only one Member state to process the asylum applications. During the pressing period of 2015, the notion of responsibility sharing resulted in heated debates between South and Central and Eastern European states. Several countries like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary expressed openly antimigrant opinions, which resulted in even more confusion and mismanagement of the migration crisis in the EU. Analyzing the crisis from the macro, meso and micro level, it was evident that the crisis was multifaceted.

21st Century Migrations: Fluxes, Policies and Politics

2017

Gent-Mumbai, where she spent a period researching transition economics at the IGIDR research centre of the Reserve Bank of India. She has been involved in several university research centers such as the Institute of Humane Studies at George Mason University and the Centre for Classical Liberalism at New York University, and the Istituto Bruno Leoni. She is consultant for the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, and researcher at Luiss LAPS-Laboratory of Political and Social Analysis. Chiara Cancellario is a PhD candidate in political theory and political science at LUISS University and former visiting research student at SOAS-Department of Developement Studies (London, UK). Her research interests include migration and development, integration of third country nationals and refugees' studies. She has matured several working experiences in development cooperation, both in institutions and NGOs and is currently working on EU-funded projects in the areas of learning, energy transition and local development strategies. Silvia Cavasola, PhD, is currently serving the Ethics and Social Responsibility Programme at the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). She has previously been a post-doc researcher on migration studies at LUISS University (Italy), and a visiting scholar to Middlesex University (UK) and Comillas University (Spain). She has also been a research consultant to several institutes including the Italian National Research Center (CNR). She recently co-authored a book on the topic of Italian business migration policies (Cavasola, S., Vitiello, M., 2014. The other side of immigration to Italy: admitting third-country nationals for business purposes. Rome: CNR). Ornella Darova, second-generation Italian of Albanian heritage, graduated magna cum laude in economics and statistics at the University of Turin, and is currently pursuing an MSc in economics and social sciences at Bocconi University. She completed the Collegio Carlo Alberto Honors program in economics with a dissertation about the overqualification of European migrants in Europe, and is affiliated with CEST-Centro per l'eccellenza e gli studi transdisciplinari, and NEOS, a data-journalism platform managed by young scholars in economics and public policy.